Kiln Temp stops climbing at 1250ish degrees
Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2018 5:26 pm
Hi,
My nice little Skutt started having troubles ramping up past 1244 degrees. It drops down to 1130 then tries again and again. I'm hoping it's not a kiln issue. Finally got an error 1 message. There are several possible causes. How do I figure out what the problem is?
According to Skutt:
"Error 1 (E-1) is the most common Error Code that your kiln will display. It is telling you that the kiln does not have the power to rise in temperature at a minimum rate. This Error Code is triggered when the kiln cannot rise in temperature by at least 12°F/hr during a Heating portion of a program (if it happened during a Hold or Cooling portion of the program you would get a different Error Message). This slow rate must persist for at least 22.5 minutes before it will trigger the error. For some reason your kiln is unable to generate enough power to achieve the heatwork you are asking of it. The most common causes of E-1 errors are failed relays, worn out elements, broken elements or voltage issues."
Thanks
My nice little Skutt started having troubles ramping up past 1244 degrees. It drops down to 1130 then tries again and again. I'm hoping it's not a kiln issue. Finally got an error 1 message. There are several possible causes. How do I figure out what the problem is?
According to Skutt:
"Error 1 (E-1) is the most common Error Code that your kiln will display. It is telling you that the kiln does not have the power to rise in temperature at a minimum rate. This Error Code is triggered when the kiln cannot rise in temperature by at least 12°F/hr during a Heating portion of a program (if it happened during a Hold or Cooling portion of the program you would get a different Error Message). This slow rate must persist for at least 22.5 minutes before it will trigger the error. For some reason your kiln is unable to generate enough power to achieve the heatwork you are asking of it. The most common causes of E-1 errors are failed relays, worn out elements, broken elements or voltage issues."
Thanks